Japan news articles

Circle Partners With SBI to Push Stablecoin Adoption in Japan
Stablecoin issuer Circle has partnered with the leading Japanese financial services conglomerate, SBI Group. The move will increase the circ...

Top Japanese Financial Firm Launches $660M Fund for Web3, AI and Metaverse Startups
SBI Holdings, a leading Japanese financial firm, has announced its intention to launch a ¥100 billion ($660 million) fund dedicated to star...

Japan Leads the Way in Stablecoin Regulation: A Beacon of Possibility Amidst Global Uncertainty
While stablecoins have been virtually banned in Japan until recently, the country has now taken a leadership role in the area. And, in recen...

6 Questions for Kei Oda: From Goldman Sachs to cryptocurrency
Kei Oda is the head of Japan and the Asia-Pacific region for Quantstamp, a Web3 security firm that audits smart contracts and develops block...

Futures Rise As Dollar Slumps, JGB Yields Jump, Tesla Soars
US futures and global stocks were broadly higher to start the week, helped by the biggest drop in the US dollar in two weeks following hawki...

Crypto awareness soars to 92%, but Web3 lags behind: Consensys report
Nigeria and South Korea have the highest percentage of respondents aware of cryptocurrencies. Web3 awareness was however lower across respon...

Japan’s SBI Group partners with Ripple, but XRP price remains unaffected
Japan-based financial services company SBI Group has partnered with Ripple to use XRP to expand its international payment remittances to ban...

NFT collapse and monster egos feature in new Murakami exhibition
Even if you aren’t personally familiar with famed Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami, you have surely seen his work. The pop ar...

Thailand’s national airdrop, Delio users screwed, Vietnam top crypto country: Asia Express
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Thailand’s crypto UBI Thailand may soon ha...

Binance Is Taking Japan By Storm As It Brings Listed Crypto Count To 100
Despite struggling with regulatory challenges that have seen it delist several high-end tokens, Binance has pledged to triple its crypto ass...

EOS Network gains ground in Japan; EOS surges despite market troubles
EOS secures regulatory approval to operate in Japan. EOS price action makes a bullish attempt after the recent bottom range. The EOS network...

Binance Delists Trading Pairs, While Japan Gets 100 New Ones
Binance wants to triple the number of trading pairs it offers in Japan, while at the same time delisting nine cross-margin and isolated-marg...